Hi, sorry if this is a FAQ/known problem, but I just joined the list.
I'm Trying to make a 8 disk raid5 array and I'm having problems. Every time I
mkraid it get part way through and crashes the machine. It must not be a hard
crash because softdog catches it and reboots the machine. I get no error
messages either scsi or raid. I'm using kernel 2.2.9, on a IBM-PCserver 704
(there are two adaptec 2940's built into the motherboard), and 10 2.0gb seagate
baracuda's. Two of the drives are partitioned for raid1 (sde[1-3] & sdj[1-3]).
The other drives are partitioned for one swap partition and one raid5 partition.
I've had a raid5 array work for 4 drives but not 8 or 6. I'm working on 5 right
now, but it takes awhile. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
Here's my conf files.
raiddev /dev/md3
raid-level 5
nr-raid-disks 8
chunk-size 32
# Parity placement algorithm
#parity-algorithm left-asymmetric
parity-algorithm left-symmetric
#parity-algorithm right-asymmetric
#parity-algorithm right-symmetric
# Spare disks for hot reconstruction
#nr-spare-disks 0
device /dev/sda3
raid-disk 0
device /dev/sdb3
raid-disk 1
device /dev/sdc3
raid-disk 2
#device /dev/sdd3
#raid-disk 3
device /dev/sdf3
raid-disk 3
device /dev/sdg3
raid-disk 4
device /dev/sdh3
raid-disk 5
device /dev/sdi3
raid-disk 7
---------------------------------------------
raiddev /dev/md0
raid-level 1
nr-raid-disks 2
nr-spare-disks 0
device /dev/sde1
raid-disk 0
device /dev/sdj1
raid-disk 1
----------------------------------------------
raiddev /dev/md1
raid-level 1
nr-raid-disks 2
nr-spare-disks 0
device /dev/sde2
raid-disk 0
device /dev/sdj2
raid-disk 1
---------------------------------------------------
raiddev /dev/md2
raid-level 1
nr-raid-disks 2
nr-spare-disks 0
device /dev/sde3
raid-disk 0
device /dev/sdj3
raid-disk 1
